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OAKLAND, Oct. 24, 2014 (PPI Pulp & Paper Week) -Packaging Corp of America (PCA) completed the conversion of the D-3 machine at its DeRidder, LA, mill to 355,000 tons/yr of containerboard production on Oct. 17, the company told analysts this week during an earnings conference call.

WÜRZBURG, Germany, Oct. 24, 2014 (Press Release) -Parksons Packaging, a renowned Indian packaging manufacturer, recently ordered two additional high-performance Rapida 106 sheetfed offset presses. In the last two years the company has installed four medium-format Rapidas and is extremely satisfied with their performance.

ATLANTA, Oct. 23, 2014 (PRNewswire) -Graphic Packaging International, Inc. ("Graphic Packaging"), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Graphic Packaging Holding Company (GPK), announced that it has entered into an agreement to sell $250 million aggregate principal amount of its senior unsecured notes due 2022 (the "Senior Notes") in a registered public offering.

BRUSSELS, Oct. 23, 2014 (PPI Europe) -Turkey's Modern Karton has revealed that it expects to start selling paper from its new 400,000 tonne/yr recycled containerboard machine PM 5 at its Corlu plant in Turkey earlier than initially expected, in March/April 2015. Previously, the firm planned to launch the PM in mid-2015.

HELSINKI, Oct. 23, 2014 (Globe Newswire) -Stora Enso invests EUR 27 million to improve the quality and cost-competitiveness and to increase the capacity of the consumer board machine 5 by 20 000 tonnes at its Imatra Mills in Finland. The investment will focus on the coating part of the machine and on modernising the winder and reel packaging section.

TACOMA, WA, Oct. 22, 2014 (Local News) -Utility crews expect to have water service restored to a dozen Tacoma Tideflats businesses by Thursday after a water line failure Tuesday night created a high pressure gusher near a major Tideflats intersection.